History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies
This report presents historical background on the development, deployment, and operation of the AC&W system. It first summarizes the historical context of U.S.-Soviet relations that led to the deployment of the AC&W system and the general military buildup in Alaska. It next presents detailed...
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ftdatacite:10.48512/xcv8459179 2023-05-15T15:14:58+02:00 History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies G. Williams J. DePue M. Whorton A. Alpert D. Tomasko 2002 https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459179 https://core.tdar.org/document/459179/history-of-the-aircraft-control-and-warning-system-in-alaska-air-defense-of-arctic-skies en eng Argonne National Laboratory Tatalina Sparrevohn Campion Ohlson Mountain Middleton Island Alaska State / Territory Cape Romanzof Unalakleet Bethel Tin City Fort Yukon Fire Island Murphy Dome King Salmon Cape Newenham Kotzebue Cape Lisburne Northeast Cape Indian Mountain Cold War Era 611th Historic Context National Register Aircraft Control and Warning System AC&W Pacific Air Forces 611th Air Support Group Eligible Cold War United States Air Force National Register of Historic Places Argonne National Laboratory 11th Air Force 611th Civil Engineer Squadron ANL Historic Background Research Architectural Survey Remote Sensing Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management Site Evaluation / Testing Text article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2002 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459179 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z This report presents historical background on the development, deployment, and operation of the AC&W system. It first summarizes the historical context of U.S.-Soviet relations that led to the deployment of the AC&W system and the general military buildup in Alaska. It next presents detailed information on the locations, development, and operation of the AC&W system in Alaska and relates the personal recollections of individuals who were stationed at the bases while the radar system was in operation. Additional information on the history, development, and operation of radars in general and AC&W radars in particular is provided in Appendix A. Appendix B contains brief biographic sketches of former AC&W personnel who provided personal recollections of their service in response to a survey conducted for this report. Most of the individual AC&W installations did not retain sufficient integrity to be eligible for the NRHP, either because they had already been entirely demolished or because critical components of the system were demolished. However, the 611 ASG determined that Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue, Tin City, and Fort Yukon retained enough original structures to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. Cape Lisburne was determined to be the best remaining example among the four eligible sites. Text Arctic Alaska Yukon DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Yukon Pacific Indian Northeast Cape ENVELOPE(-82.532,-82.532,69.684,69.684) Indian Mountain ENVELOPE(-132.520,-132.520,61.116,61.116) |
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Tatalina Sparrevohn Campion Ohlson Mountain Middleton Island Alaska State / Territory Cape Romanzof Unalakleet Bethel Tin City Fort Yukon Fire Island Murphy Dome King Salmon Cape Newenham Kotzebue Cape Lisburne Northeast Cape Indian Mountain Cold War Era 611th Historic Context National Register Aircraft Control and Warning System AC&W Pacific Air Forces 611th Air Support Group Eligible Cold War United States Air Force National Register of Historic Places Argonne National Laboratory 11th Air Force 611th Civil Engineer Squadron ANL Historic Background Research Architectural Survey Remote Sensing Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management Site Evaluation / Testing G. Williams J. DePue M. Whorton A. Alpert D. Tomasko History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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This report presents historical background on the development, deployment, and operation of the AC&W system. It first summarizes the historical context of U.S.-Soviet relations that led to the deployment of the AC&W system and the general military buildup in Alaska. It next presents detailed information on the locations, development, and operation of the AC&W system in Alaska and relates the personal recollections of individuals who were stationed at the bases while the radar system was in operation. Additional information on the history, development, and operation of radars in general and AC&W radars in particular is provided in Appendix A. Appendix B contains brief biographic sketches of former AC&W personnel who provided personal recollections of their service in response to a survey conducted for this report. Most of the individual AC&W installations did not retain sufficient integrity to be eligible for the NRHP, either because they had already been entirely demolished or because critical components of the system were demolished. However, the 611 ASG determined that Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue, Tin City, and Fort Yukon retained enough original structures to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. Cape Lisburne was determined to be the best remaining example among the four eligible sites. |
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History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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History of the Aircraft Control and Warning System in Alaska: Air Defense of Arctic Skies |
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history of the aircraft control and warning system in alaska: air defense of arctic skies |
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Argonne National Laboratory |
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2002 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459179 https://core.tdar.org/document/459179/history-of-the-aircraft-control-and-warning-system-in-alaska-air-defense-of-arctic-skies |
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